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Washington -
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
released
the
following
statement
in
reaction
to
confirmation
by
the
South
Carolina
Army
National
Guard
that
a
unit
from
Beaufort
will
deploy
to
Cuba
to
join
the
Joint
Task
Force
Guantanamo.
The
Task
Force
is
responsible
for
housing
detained
enemy
combatants
as
well
as
supporting
law
enforcement
and
war
crimes
investigations.
“I
am
proud
that
Beaufort’s
131st
Military
Police
Company
has
been
an
important
part
of
our
national
security
operations
since
2010
and
have
supported
critical
missions
around
the
world,
including
those
in
Kosovo
and
Afghanistan. Instead
of
President
Obama’s
reckless
and
ill-conceived
plan
to
bring
dangerous
terrorists
to
South
Carolina,
some
of
South
Carolina’s
finest
are
bringing
themselves
to
the
terrorists
in
Gitmo
to
help
continue
to
keep
all
Americans
safe.
Our
community
can
take
great
pride
in
the
131st's
service
to
our
country.
These
brave
men
and
women
and
their
families
are
in
our
prayer(S)
as
they
prepare
to
take
on
this
new
task.
Having
visited
the
Guantanamo
facility
last
October,
I
know
that
this
unit
will
join men
and
women
consistently
doing
a
fantastic
job
in
the
face
of
so
much
adversity
from
detainees.
While
there,
I
learned
of
the
over
250
assaults
made
against
guards
with
not
one
single
retaliation. I
look
forward
to
their
safe
return
to
South
Carolina
after
their
mission
is
complete.
As
the
131st
Military
Police
Company
prepares
to
serve
our
nation
in
Cuba,
I
again
call
on
the
Obama
administration
to
immediately
abandon
their
reckless
plan
to
close
Guantanamo
Bay
and
move
these
dangerous
terrorist(S)
to
any
domestic
facility,
including
possibly
to
the
Naval
Brig
in
Hanahan.
Guantanamo
is
the
best
place
in
the
world
for
us
to
house
these
detainees,
period. ”
Senator
Scott
joined
Senator
Kelly
Ayotte
(R-NH)
to
introduce
the
Detaining
Terrorists
to
Protect
Americans
Act,
which
bars
the
President
from
transferring
any
detainee
to
any
foreign
country
and
continues
a
current
prohibition
on
the
closure
of
the
Guantanamo
Bay
facility
as
well
as
any
attempt
to
transfer
detainees
to
domestic
sites. Senator
Scott
also
joined
Senator
Steve
Daines
(R-MT)
to
introduce
Senate
Resolution
396,
calling
on
the
President
to
detain
ISIS
fighters
at
Guantanamo
Bay,
Cuba.
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